Category: Creative Shoots

Last month I had the opportunity to participate in a fun shoot out hosted by Color Inc. I don’t typically photograph many children that don’t live in my house, so this was a fun diversion from my norm. Way more fun than standard children’s portraits, these kids were all in set-ups that represented Nursery […]

Sometimes I think that I am a juggler. As an Austin family photographer, it is a given that I have to balance my role as an artist with my role as an entrepreneur. But beyond that, I am a wife… a mother… a volunteer… a friend… a daughter… a sister… We all wear multiple hats. […]

I love an out of the box, slightly crazy, art portrait. A couple of things will help you understand my relationship with photoshop. First, I was first exposed to photoshop over 20 years ago… a long time ago. Second, I learned photoshop as an architecture student, not as a photography student. From the very start, […]

The Vision I have had an image in my head for about a month now. It is amazingly moody, with backlit rain and a saxophone player. It was more than an average teen musician portrait. Would it be weird to say that I can totally feel it, but I can’t clearly see it? (bwahaha… […]

My Photoshop Composite In the photography world there is some distinction between photographers and digital artists. There are passionate debates that go around, but I concede that there is a distinction between a photograph and a digital art piece. A Photoshop Composite is considered a digital art piece more than a photograph. I have always been […]

Sometimes you need to feel glamorous… a glamour style portrait might seem frivolous, but never discount the power of looking fabulous. I made an amazing tulle skirt and a fun floral crown, gabbed my daughter and decided to play. We live in a world where we are bombarded with images of beautiful woman on the […]